umbrella agreement; general agreement
[logistics; basic agreements normally conducted at government to UN level]
UN confidential[high security classification but flexible distribution]
see also: UN secret; UN restricted; unclassified
UN restricted
[distribution limited to UN staff]
see also: UN secret; UN confidential; unclassified
UN secret
[top security classification]
see also: UN confidential; UN restricted; unclassified
unclassified; UNCLAS
see also: UN secret; UN confidential; UN restricted
uncontrolled crossing point; UCP
see also: border crossing point; controlled crossing point
Under-Secretary-General; USG
unidentified; u/l
[indication given by UN observers in their AIREPs when the national markings of the attacking or violating aircraft on which they are reporting are not observed]
see also: unknown
unit
1.Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as TOE; specifically part of an organizatrion.
2. An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force (TF).
3. AQ standard of basic quantity into which an item of saupply is divided, ssuad, or used. In this meaning also called "unit of issue"
1. refers to a battalion-size (army) or a squadron-size (air force) unit (800 men); 2. under the standby forces arrangements, is called "unit" any unit, whatever its size, which is self-sufficient as regards logistics, equipment, food and accomodation]
see also: parent unit; sub-unit
unit emplaning officer
[unit emplaning officer: in air transport, a representative of a transported unit, responsible for organizing the movement of that unit]\
unit integrity
[maintaining ground force unit integrity for every size platform imaginable, (in the planning of an operation, so that no unit is broken up and separated from its support and other elements during deployment)]
unit supply officer
[aka: quartermaster]
see also: quartermaster
United Nations Civilian Police; UNCIVPOL; CIVPOL
United Nations Course for Mobile Peace-keeping Training Teams
[first such course held in Canada (January 1995), second held in Sweden (June 1995); the mobile training teams are formally called United Nations Training Assistance Teams (UNTAT)]
United Nations daily allowance for troops; UNDAFT; daily allowance (to troops) [UN daily allowance ($1.28, in 1995) payable to each soldier in the field, to cover incidental personal expenses; it is distinct from travel and subsistence allowance payable for trips to points where UN food and lodging facilities cannot be provided]
United Nations decal; decal
[sticker coming in various sizes, with the UN logo, to be displayed on cars, trucks, office doors etc.; by extension, can refer to the logo itself, even if the latter is stencilled (alongside the abbreviated name of the PKO in blue or black letters) on the right front and rear of all vehicles and trailers; not to be confused with the shoulder patch etc., which also bears the UN logo, but which is sewn on the sleeve]
United Nations high-readiness brigade
[proposed by Denmark; brigade on stand-by to intervene immediately when a peace-keeping operation is established by the Security Council, until it is actually deployed; short name for "Multinational United Nations Stand-by Forces High-Readiness Brigade"]
see also: United Nations rapid deployment brigade; Group of Friends of Rapid Reaction; Multinational United Nations Stand-by Forces High-Readiness Brigade
United Nations logistics base; UNLB
[first permanent base created at Brindisi (Italy)]
United Nations Logistics Basing Centres
[proposed by the UK for the decentralized storage of equipment for peacekeeping operations in Africa, as part of a regionalization of equipment stockpiles]
see also: Pan-African (Peace-keeping) Force
United Nations Logistics Officers Centre
[training center in Vatneleiren, Norway, offering a logistics course, under the authority of the Joint Nordic Committee for Military United Nations Matters (NORDSAMFN)]
United Nations Medical Depot
[central UN medical warehouse, based in Oslo, Norway, where medical supplies and equipment are inspected, cleaned, maintained and stored after a mission closes and from which they are shipped to the requesting peace-keeping missions; also found as UN medical warehouse]
United Nations military observer; UNMO; MILOB
[main tasks: to supervise, monitor, verify and report on cease-fire agreements, separations and withdrawals of forces, cessation of outside assistance; to monitor checkpoints, ingress/egress point and sea/airports; to monitor regrouping, cantonment and disarmament or demobilisation processes; to locate and confiscate caches of weapons; to liaise with factions, NGOs, UN agencies and neighbouring countries, assist humanitarian activities (POW exchanges, food distribution etc); in some cases UNMOs serve in a Military Observer Group (which consists of UNMOs and is commanded by a Chief Military Observer); in other cases they form part of a peace-keeping force]
United Nations mobile logistics team
[visits potential troop-contributing countries to assist in determining heavy and specialized equipment requirements, before the countries concerned are called upon to provide troops for an operation]
United Nations naval observer; UNNO
United Nations Operational Support Manual; OSM
[E. only; it details logistic procedures for United Nations field missions]
United Nations rapid deployment brigade
[proposed by Netherlands in a 'non-paper' (A/49/886); a standing international all-volunteer 'fire brigade' (a light infantry brigade of up to 5000 men), distinct from the stand-by forces and made up of individually recruited soldiers, which would be under direct control of the Security Council and would be used for preventive deployment or be sent in advance of, and preparation for, the deployment of stand-by units or of an international peace-keeping force]
see also: vanguard groups concept; rapid reaction capability; rapid reaction force (note 3)
United Nations Ration Scale
[the UN ration scale incorporates two Basis of Provisioning (BOP); BOP A has been developped to reflect non western tastes and dietary patterns and BOP B is the western equivalent]
United Nations Security Council Resolution
[the acronym UNSCR is sometimes found in non-UN documents or press articles]
United Nations Stand-by Arrangements System; UNSAS
[provides the UN with a database containing military units of member states which can in principle be made available to the UN at short notice]
United Nations standing emergency group
[provisional name for a UN standing force, the creation of which was proposed by Canada (over the long term); it would be composed of directly recruited volunteers]
United Nations Supply Depot; UNSD
[Pisa, Italy; operation discontinued, functions taken over by the United Nations logistic base in Brindisi]
United Nations survey mission handbook
[the objective of such UN logistic reconnaissance mission is to identify the logistics requirements of the prospective peace-keeping operation, specifying and quantifying the support elements necessary for its undertaking and to report its findings in a manner suitable for developing an achievable operational plan and an accurate budget; also found as "mission survey handbook"]
see also: mission survey team
United Nations Theater Force Commander
commandant de théâtre des forces des Nations Unies
[of UNCRO in Croatia; S/RES/981 (1995), para 6]
United Nations Training Assistance Team; UNTAT
[teams put together on an ad hoc basis to respond to a particular country's request for peace-keeping training; a specific UNTAT's members are chosen for their specialized skills, from a roster of military personnel who remain based in their own countries but have been trained by the UN in peace-keeping]
see also: train(ing)-the-trainer workshop
United Nations-owned equipment; UNOE
[the UN purchases some items, which remain UN property, to be handed on to the relieving contingent; the acronym UNO is also found]
see also: contingent-owned equipment; national owned equipment; host nation owned equipment; letter of assist
unitized load
[items packaged or arranged in a manner capable of being handled as a unit, e.g. in a container]
universal transverse Mercator; UTM
[in military field reports, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid coordinates, combining the transverse Mercator projection and a system of grids with letters and digits (the approximate location being given by the grid numbers) are often used]
see also: grid coordinates; approximate map reference; datum; World Geodetic System 84
universal transverse Mercator grid
[a grid co-ordinate system based on the transverse Mercator projection, applied to maps of the earth's surface extending to 84 N and 80 S latitudes]
universal transverse Mercator (UTM) zone
[North-South band defined by the Universal Transverse Mercator projection and numbered; each zone is subdivided into lettered grids]
unmanned aerial vehicle; UAV; drone
[used for surveillance, targeting and bomb damage assessment; an UAV is preprogrammed for a mission and executes it without further intervention, whereas a remotely piloted vehicle is controlled and directed from afar during its mission]
see also: remotely piloted vehicle
unserviceability
see also: serviceable; unserviceability period
upgrading [of airstrips or roads]
[upgrading goes beyond repairing and returning an infrastructure to its initial state: for an airstrip, it often involves lengthening the landing strip, adding beacon lights and all-weather landing guidance equipment, changing the tarmac to accomodate heavy cargo planes, etc.]
usage factor
[reimbursement to Governments of a usage factor at the standard rate of $70 (in 1995) per person per month to cover cost of personal clothing, gear, equipment and ammunition issued by Governments to their military personnel]
useful life (component)
[the estimated useful life in years: based on normal operations (a mission-approved environmental and intensified operational use factors can be applied to the the wet and dry lease rates, when necessary to compensate for the potential increased wear and tear in the mission area); the component is included in the equipment use charge which compensates troop-contributing countries for the non-availability of COE in their home country]
utility vehicle
[includes cargo, water, fuel and recovery vehicles]
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